Re: [PATCH v4 11/16] rust: drm: Wrap ioctl dispatch in RegistrationGuard

[Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>]

Generally looks fine to me, some small nitpicks below:

On Sat, 2026-06-20 at 20:48 +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> Ioctl handlers now receive a &Device<T, Registered> reference, proving
> at the type level that the device is registered and its parent bus
> device is bound.
> 
> This is achieved by calling registration_guard() on the Device<T, Ioctl>
> obtained in ioctl dispatch context. If the device has been unplugged,
> the ioctl returns -ENODEV without calling the handler.
> 
> To resolve the driver type parameter T for type inference, which the
> compiler cannot propagate through method resolution and associated-type
> projections alone, a dead-code closure and a helper function are used as
> a type-inference anchor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs | 12 ++++++----
>  drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs  |  7 ++++--
>  rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs     | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
> index a3b7bd36792c..19fb89b28984 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
> @@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
>  use crate::gem::NovaObject;
>  use kernel::{
>      alloc::flags::*,
> -    drm::{self, gem::BaseObject},
> +    drm::{
> +        self,
> +        gem::BaseObject,
> +        Registered, //
> +    },
>      pci,
>      prelude::*,
>      uapi,
> @@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ fn open(_dev: &NovaDevice) -> Result<Pin<KBox<Self>>> {
>  impl File {
>      /// IOCTL: get_param: Query GPU / driver metadata.
>      pub(crate) fn get_param(
> -        dev: &NovaDevice,
> +        dev: &NovaDevice<Registered>,
>          getparam: &mut uapi::drm_nova_getparam,
>          _file: &drm::File<File>,
>      ) -> Result<u32> {
> @@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_param(
>  
>      /// IOCTL: gem_create: Create a new DRM GEM object.
>      pub(crate) fn gem_create(
> -        dev: &NovaDevice,
> +        dev: &NovaDevice<Registered>,
>          req: &mut uapi::drm_nova_gem_create,
>          file: &drm::File<File>,
>      ) -> Result<u32> {
> @@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ pub(crate) fn gem_create(
>  
>      /// IOCTL: gem_info: Query GEM metadata.
>      pub(crate) fn gem_info(
> -        _dev: &NovaDevice,
> +        _dev: &NovaDevice<Registered>,
>          req: &mut uapi::drm_nova_gem_info,
>          file: &drm::File<File>,
>      ) -> Result<u32> {
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs
> index 31411da203c5..fb9233eae01c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs
> @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
>  
>  use kernel::{
> -    drm,
> +    drm::{
> +        self,
> +        Registered, //
> +    },
>      prelude::*,
>      uaccess::UserSlice,
>      uapi, //
> @@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ fn open(_dev: &drm::Device<Self::Driver>) -> Result<Pin<KBox<Self>>> {
>  
>  impl TyrDrmFileData {
>      pub(crate) fn dev_query(
> -        ddev: &TyrDrmDevice,
> +        ddev: &TyrDrmDevice<Registered>,
>          devquery: &mut uapi::drm_panthor_dev_query,
>          _file: &TyrDrmFile,
>      ) -> Result<u32> {
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
> index 70cf1aa4d788..6cefd26b31f9 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
> @@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ pub mod internal {
>      pub use bindings::drm_file;
>      pub use bindings::drm_ioctl_desc;
>  
> +    /// Reinterpret a pointer to a DRM device with a different [`DeviceContext`], preserving the
> +    /// driver type parameter `T`.
> +    ///
> +    /// Used by [`declare_drm_ioctls!`] to anchor type inference.
> +    #[doc(hidden)]
> +    #[inline(always)]
> +    pub const fn __dev_ctx_cast<T: super::super::Driver>(
> +        ptr: *const super::super::device::Device<T, super::super::Ioctl>,
> +    ) -> *const super::super::device::Device<T, super::super::Registered> {
> +        ptr.cast()
> +    }
> +

IMO: $crate::drm::Driver, $crate::drm::Device, etc. would be a lot easier to
read then super::super::etc.

>      /// Call an ioctl handler with lifetime-bounded references.
>      ///
>      /// The lifetime `'a` is tied to the `_anchor` parameter. This prevents handlers from
> @@ -115,7 +127,7 @@ pub unsafe fn __call_ioctl<
>  /// `user_callback` should have the following prototype:
>  ///
>  /// ```ignore
> -/// fn foo(device: &kernel::drm::Device<Self>,
> +/// fn foo(device: &kernel::drm::Device<Self, kernel::drm::Registered>,
>  ///        data: &mut uapi::argument_type,
>  ///        file: &kernel::drm::File<Self::File>,
>  /// ) -> Result<u32>
> @@ -164,11 +176,38 @@ macro_rules! declare_drm_ioctls {
>                              // - The DRM device must have been registered when we're called through
>                              //   an IOCTL.
>                              //
> +                            // INVARIANT: The `Ioctl` context requires that the device has been
> +                            // registered via `drm_dev_register()` at some point; the DRM core
> +                            // guarantees this for ioctl dispatch callbacks.
> +                            //
>                              // FIXME: Currently there is nothing enforcing that the types of the
>                              // dev/file match the current driver these ioctls are being declared
>                              // for, and it's not clear how to enforce this within the type system.
> -                            let dev: &$crate::drm::device::Device<_, $crate::drm::Normal> =
> +                            let dev: &$crate::drm::device::Device<_, $crate::drm::Ioctl> =
>                                  $crate::drm::device::Device::from_raw(raw_dev);
> +                            // Cast to Registered preserving the driver type parameter.
> +                            let __ptr = $crate::drm::ioctl::internal::__dev_ctx_cast(
> +                                ::core::ptr::from_ref(dev),
> +                            );
> +
> +                            // Type-inference anchor: the closure is never called but ties `dev`'s
> +                            // type to `$func`'s first parameter, which the compiler cannot infer
> +                            // through method resolution and associated-type projections alone.
> +                            #[allow(unreachable_code)]
> +                            let _ = || {
> +                                $func(
> +                                    // SAFETY: This closure is never executed; the dereference
> +                                    // exists purely to unify the type parameter with `$func`.
> +                                    // The pointer is valid regardless.
> +                                    unsafe { &*__ptr },
> +                                    unreachable!(),
> +                                    unreachable!(),
> +                                )
> +                            };
> +
> +                            let Some(guard) = dev.registration_guard() else {
> +                                return $crate::error::code::ENODEV.to_errno();
> +                            };
>                              let __anchor = ();
>  
>                              // SAFETY:
> @@ -180,7 +219,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_drm_ioctls {
>                              // - `raw_file` is a valid `struct drm_file` pointer provided by the
>                              //   DRM core.
>                              match unsafe { $crate::drm::ioctl::internal::__call_ioctl(
> -                                &__anchor, dev, raw_data, raw_file, $func,
> +                                &__anchor, &*guard, raw_data, raw_file, $func,
>                              ) } {
>                                  Err(e) => e.to_errno(),
>                                  Ok(i) => i.try_into()

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat

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